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           This image was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir is orbiting about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait.  | 
        
        
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           From  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021228.html, Public Domain NASA material 
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           1996-03-23  | 
        
        
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           - Users  Triddle,  Ericd,  JeLuF on  en.wikipedia
  
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           Originally from  en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here * 04:14, 25 April 2005 [[:en:User:Triddle|Triddle]] 640×641 (78,460 bytes) <span class="comment">(larger version)</span> * 03:18, 29 September 2003 [[:en:User:Ericd|Ericd]] 350×351 (49,904 bytes) <span class="comment">(reworked)</span> * 07:16, 24 April 2003 [[:en:User:JeLuF|JeLuF]] 350×277 (18,257 bytes) <span class="comment">(From http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021228.html, Public Domain NASA material )</span>  | 
        
       
       
        
         
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